SATURDAY, April 30 Saturday in Easter Week

The point the writer is trying make is one I understand. I do not find
it appropriate that the author is willing to put aside the basic concept of literal resurrection, as seems to be the case in paragraph
three. It is the orthodox claim that Jesus is raised from the dead, bodily and entirely and is given a new, trans-physical body infused with the Holy Spirit in an unexpected manner and with unanticipated qualities. We believe in the resurrection of the body, as the Creed has us say at each Eucharist or in the Apostles Creed at MP/EP.

I see a transition of the author's "spirit" this past week after the Easter entry. The author, an ex-convict by his admission and now a substance abuse counselor, wrote this months meditations last year as he mentions the oil spill of the gulf occurring has he wrote April 28th's excerpt.
Since Easter, his writings have been more of hope and love. Comparable to many of the Psalms which start out in dispair or distress and end in recognition of hope and promise.
Today he writes, "People caught in vicious downward spirals can change their whole lives-and impact others- by simply letting die what is harmful inside them."
Substitute the authors name for people.
He then writes: "there is something to Easter: namely, that life-changing and world-changind transformations are linked with death and other endings. Beginnings cannot exist without endings, and vice versa.
You do not have to believe in anything for belief to live in you."
Amen! The alpha and the omega, the beginning to the end, God is!

Where each of us is in the belief or faith spectrum in our journey, doesn't change God's love in total for us. He waits and calls us to come to Him, through His son Jesus. As we let die that which is harmful in us, whether we realize it is God loving us or not, we are moving to Him. Thanks be to God for speaking to me in the meditation above, in Jesus's name, Amen.

Lewis, I agree with you.

My heart is breaking because my daughter said to me last Easter w/e that she is not a believer. Today's meditations give me something to hold on to - and to pass on to her in faith - that no matter what her head may be saying now, her heart may not feel the same way; or if so, to remind her she is on a journey and God still loves her in total (thank you Chris), and finally, that you do not have to believe in anything for belief to live in you (thank you Bo).

Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy...

And thankfully I don't have to get bogged down in orthodox claims to remind her of God's love for all, whatever their station in life.

It has been frustrating throughout my life that so many preachers & teachers have been hung up on the dogma or traditions of Christianity and just simply couldn't say, "You know, we really don't know." We try to understand God and His Love in human terms: words, phrases, expressions that are extremely limited. We cannot define it nor can we place rules about how, what, when, and where His Love finally breaks through the barriers we put up.

Yes, Cherie. There is Hope. A tremendous amount of Hope for your daughter. I am an example of someone who refused to believe for many years yet Belief lived in me.

According to the measure of faith given you, and faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Love of God ie his Holy words of commune. The writing is planting seeds for God to water with hopes that a quicken of the his spirit with our Holy Spirt will bring forth a great Light, which many know as Jesus and then the most power and beautiful Babtism of our God's Holy Spirit. I learned that life is a journey and love is a on going understand for when one believes they have all the answer by thought, word and deed then surely a new truth will appear to expand on God Love that is everlasting. I be in the concept of being recovered and healed and many believe it one is always recoving and healing is this one truth for another truth or just a driffent journey into the arm of Jesus. For truly the all enlight rightious people understand God is working and changing hearts and the Good News is Jesus saves and can make many whole in God true love. My brother in prison keep growing in Christ Love and standing on God promises for truth is truth and love is love and faith is every Growing within the teaching of our Lord Jesus. Thank you for share heart and my our Lord Jesus keep inspiring you to be whole and healed. For this communer of Jesus prays for it to be so.

I loved today's meditation. It's simple.

I really like today's mediation. It's simple.

I like this meditation today. It's simple and to the point.